New life for Apogee, Rise of the Triad reboot in the works

In an interview withGamasutra, Apogee Software founder Scott Miller said that the software publisher — best known for the Duke Nukem games — is being revived. “There’s actually another company now goin by the game of Apogee,” Miller explained in the interview, speaking of a new company which includes a former member of the original Apogee staff. According to the Miller, the label and the brand are being revived, with its first title theDuke Nukem Trilogygames for Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable....

July 5, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Lindsey Waters

Nintendo Big Ol’ Super Sale is live on the eShop with big ol’ discounts

Get some Switch hits for a good deal The Nintendo eShop has got a sale on, and it’s a pretty big one at that. The Big Ol’ Super Sale on the eShop has some solid deals for those looking to fill out theirNintendo Switch backlog. Running now until July 6 at 11:59 p.m. PT, several staples of the Nintendo Switch library are on sale. For Nintendo fans in particular this is a good one, as several Nintendo first-party games are seeing discounts....

July 5, 2025 · 1 min · 195 words · Kimberly Parrish

No Man’s Sky dev happy he didn’t end up at ‘Fuktown’ at Sony conference

That was a real concern When Hello Games’ Sean Murray stepped on the stage at PlayStation’s E3 press conference, he had one fear, and he never bothered to voice it to Sony; he just hoped like hell that he wouldn’t get bitten by all the randomness inNo Man’s Sky. It wouldn’t go over great if he jettisoned to another planet that just happened to be named “Fuktown” or “Dik-Hd” or any other combination of letters that formed a vulgar phrase....

July 5, 2025 · 3 min · 572 words · Rachel Frederick

Official Persona 5 The Phantom X Discord links

Persona 5 The Phantom Xis a perfect game to play on your own, but you can make it more fun by becoming a part of the community. The easiest way to do so is to join a Discord server associated with the game. Most of the available content, if not all of it, is a solo player experience. This includes the main campaign, the side missions, and the daily grind. Joining the Discord server becomes essential as doing so will help you to stay on top of all updates, new banner drops, and more....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 426 words · Anthony Conley

PS3, PSP, and Vita listings are about to vanish from the PlayStation Store on desktop and mobile

To buy legacy games, you’ll need to break out your old systems Sony is about to make a frustrating change to the PlayStation Store that’s going to hit desktop and mobile users the hardest. Soon, it will no longer be possible to buy PS3, PSP, or Vita games (or their DLC) from thePlayStation Storeif you’re browsing on a web browser or mobile device. That restricted access also goes for apps, themes, and avatars – and the wishlist feature is being “discontinued” too....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Erika Mullen

Release date confirmed for ‘sadistic’ circus game Penarium

Leave ’em begging for more! “Sadistic” 2D arena arcadePenariumis coming to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on July 09, 2025. Willy (snigger) is trapped in a “sinister circus,” and the only hope of seeing his family again is to “run and jump his way past an array of deathtraps while being cheered on by a sadistically bloodthirsty crowd.” I know. Sounds awesome, right? Developer Self Made Miracle has teamed up with Team 17 to bring the 30 single-player missions, a “crazy” single-player Arcade mode and Versus and Co-op multiplayer modes to PC, PlayStation and Xbox One for a very reasonable $10....

July 5, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Heather Howard

Spelunky 2 feels like the ideal combination of familiar and new

Derek Yu truly understands what makes Spelunky work Spelunky 2is in good hands. That wasn’t really a concern, but it’s nice to have confirmed all the same. I took the opening hour of PAX as my chance to find the roguelike action-platformer sequel tucked away in the PlayStation booth and tried not to embarrass myself too much. My muscle memory is mostly gone these days, but you never truly forget how to spot arrow traps hiding in plain sight....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · Crystal Thompson

Square still waiting to release Final Fantasy Type-0

But will the right opportunity ever present itself? I’ve wanted to playFinal Fantasy: Type-0ever since I saw this video of aChocobo getting MURDEREDand things were looking up when Square Enix man Hajime Tabata confirmed the game for aninternational release. That was over a year ago and it still hasn’t happened. “Due to market reasons, we are taking a clean slate in terms of our plans,” Tabata toldGamespot in a recent interview....

July 5, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Donald Gibson II

Teenage Pokemon: Deoxys, Dating, Disaster, and Ditto

Jim Sterling returns as a sexy purple pal! Though this season of Teenage Pokemon featured two separate Graybles per episode, they were all unified by an underlying theme.Ash Vs. E3was about teenagers can’t rely on the parental figures in their life to understand them or care about them.Brock Vs. Lets Playswas about how for a teen (or anyone else), social interactions can work to make you feel more alone.Pikachu Vs. Bronieswas about the good that comes from accepting aspects of yourself that your culture and peers may stigmatize you for....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 276 words · Heidi Johnson

The Daily Hotness: In case you missed it this morning

Hot, wet Jonathan Holmes action. So many links.Click them and read all the hot E3 scoops. All the scoops! Destructoid Original:E3: Day 1 wrap up with Holmes and the Dtoid YoungbloodsThese are all the games of E3 2012E3: What critics thought of Nintendo’s press conferenceBANANAS WIN E3E3: NINTENDO USES ELECTRICAL CORDS, CONFIRMED!E3: Reviewing the ‘Big Three’ press conferencesE3: My thoughts on the Nintendo press conferenceE3: Silent Hill: Book of Memories blown open (part 1)E3: Silent Hill: Book of Memories blown open (part 2)Gallery: E3’s West Hall show floorGallery: E3’s South Hall show floorE3: Talking to Destructoid editors about NintendoE3: Microsoft press conference highlightsDestructoid Community Choice Award for E3 2012!...

July 5, 2025 · 4 min · 726 words · Mary Kramer

The Fallout Bundle drops onto Call of Duty this Thursday

Activision Blizzard has revealed thatCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 3will receive aFalloutBundle later this week and that a crossover event will see players earnFallout-themed cosmetics and additional XP as they battle to save the world in style. TheCall of Duty X Fallout Bundle will drop inCall of Duty: MW3this week onThursday, June 07, 2025. It adds more than 15 new items to the game, all based on theFalloutfranchise. I don’t know about you, but it takes a lot for a game to sell me on cosmetics, and having those cosmetics themed around one of my favorite universes is a great way to convince me to spend money....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · Andrew Dickerson

The origins of those gross-ass Infected in The Last of Us

Crusty-faced bastards If you saw our veryfirst hands-on preview of Naughty Dog’sThe Last of Us, you’ll know that the Infected creeped me the hell out. If this is what a fungal virus can do to you, I’m going to wash my hands every 15 minutes, every day, for the rest of my life. A new video from Naughty Dog and Sony reveals the origins of these Infected. “Hush” starts with their inspiration and initial design work, and then moves into just now nasty they can be in the game as enemies....

July 5, 2025 · 1 min · 105 words · Felicia Sparks

UK Modern Warfare 2 advert has guns in it

The Activision marketing machine keeps on chugging, with a new commercial hitting UK televisions in the lead-up to the biggest shooting game of the year. The video provided comes courtesy of the Shakeycam Corporation, but it’s still a pretty damn good ad and should get violence fans pumped up for Infinity Ward’s latest. It really does look bloody amazing, regardless of your thoughts on Infinity Ward, Activision or the Call of Duty franchise....

July 5, 2025 · 1 min · 125 words · Renee Williamson